On Tuesday, the Pentagon’s top intelligence officials convened for a historic public UAP hearing. The hearing was the first of its kind in over 50 years, and featured members of the subcommittee of the House Intelligence Committee, and other members of the Pentagon discussing transparency in regards to UAPs.
The event featured testimonies from Ronald Moultrie, DoD’s Undersecretary for Intelligence, Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray, Chair Andre Carson, and others. While the hearing was the first of hopefully many, it served as a first step, as opposed to answers to questions, which is fine since the cultural stigma surrounding UFOs has been decimated by the legitimacy presented to the U.S. government that started with the New York Times landmark 2017 story, and official videos like the Nimitz encounter.
Here are four observations to take into consideration:
1.Big names
The involvement of Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who chairs the full House committee, cannot be ignored. Schiff has been working in Washington since 2001, and is a fighter. Schiff has been an outspoken advocate for voting rights, human rights, protecting democracy, and curbing gun violence. If the UAP issue is something he takes seriously, then this is good news. Schiff has been one of the Democrat’s most-effective voices for years.
2.The Wilson Docs have entered the chat
The mere mention of the Wilson Docs should raise a few eyebrows to the UFO Twitter crowd. Rep. Mike Gallagher was the first to address the issue asking the panel if they’ve heard of the 2019 release of the “Admiral Wilson memo,” which are alleged leaked documents that detail conversations with scientist Eric Davis. The panel was unaware of this reference.
Independent researcher and experiencer Chris Wolford was one of the first to see the leaked documents, and has been promoting its authenticity for years. Hearing it mentioned during these hearings, is somewhat of a validation for those who believe the Wilson documents are the real deal.
“I just want the public to know that a small group of us worked on this memo, chasing down leads , asking sources, and looking into my library of UFO books that referenced the meeting with Wilson and or Edgar Mitchell,” Wolford said. “Thanks goes to Giuliano (Marinkovic), as he was the lead investigator, Danny Silva , Joe Murgia and Billy Cox with some help with more leads last year with Daniel Elizondo.”
Wolford is adamant the meeting took place.
3.Origin story?
The investigations that will follow will be science-based, and aimed to determine the origins of the UAPs.
“It is the Department’s contention that, by combining appropriately structured collected data with rigorous scientific analysis, any object that we encounter can likely be isolated, characterized, identified, and, if necessary, mitigated,” Moultrie said during his testimony.
4.The status quo isn’t good enough
Carson noted during his testimony that Congress has to act. You can feel a sense of urgency in this, as the usual oversight that occurs may be a thing of the past.
“You need to show Congress and the American public, whose imagination you have captured, you are willing to follow the facts where they lead,” Carson said during his testimony. “I fear sometimes that DoD is focused more on emphasizing what it can explain, not investigating what it can’t.”
-By MIKE DAMANTE
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